Eyewitness memory: The impact of a negative mood during encoding and/or retrieval upon recall of a non-emotive event



Thorley, Craig ORCID: 0000-0002-3207-435X, Dewhurst, Stephen A, Abel, Joseph W and Knott, Lauren M
(2016) Eyewitness memory: The impact of a negative mood during encoding and/or retrieval upon recall of a non-emotive event. MEMORY, 24 (6). pp. 838-852.

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Abstract

The police often appeal for eyewitnesses to events that were unlikely to have been emotive when observed. An eyewitness, however, may be in a negative mood whilst encoding or retrieving such events as mood can be influenced by a range of personal, social, and environmental factors. For example, bad weather can induce a negative mood. This experiment compared the impact of negative and neutral moods during encoding and/or retrieval upon eyewitness recall of a non-emotive event. A negative mood during encoding had no impact upon the number of correct details recalled (provided participants were in a neutral mood at retrieval) but a negative mood during retrieval impaired the number of correct details recalled (provided participants were in a neutral mood at encoding). A negative mood at both time points enhanced the number of correct details recalled, demonstrating a mood-dependent memory enhancement. The forensic implications of these findings are discussed.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Eyewitness, Testimony, Memory, Mood, Emotion, Mood-dependent
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 28 Apr 2016 11:13
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 07:37
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2015.1058955
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3000835